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Plow. No. 231,633. Patented Aug.24, 1880.

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, Plow. No. 231,633. Patented Aug. 24,1880.

N.PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON D C NITED STATES,

PATENT. ()FFICE.

\VILLIAM W. TURNER, OF POWELLVILLE, GEORGIA.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 231,633, dated August24, 1880.

Application filed June 29, 1880. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, WILLIAM WEAVER TUR- NER, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, resident near Powellville, in the county of Gowetaand State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovementsin Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in plows, and it has forits objects to so construct the plow-beam that a plow-standard carryingany description of plowshare may be readily removed and a similarstandard carrying another kind of plowshare may be substituted therefor,to adapt the plow to a variety of purposes; also, to lighten the draftof the plow, and, further, to adapt the plow to turn under vegetation,and at the same time to subsoil the ground thoroughly without mixing thesubsoil with the top soil, as more fully hereinafter specified. Theseobjects I attain by the devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure .1. represents a side elevation of a plowconstructed according to my invention, showing the plow'beam carrying a1.)low-standard provided with a share suitable, for general purposes.Fig.2 represents a sectional view of the beam, taken longitudinally andvertically. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a portion of thestandard and the plowshare support. Fig. at represents a perspectiveview of the plowshare detached. Fi 5' represents a side elevation of amodified plow-standard, showing a modificatioi'l of the plowshare. Fig.6 represents a perspective view of themetallic casting, hereinafterdescribed. Fig. 7 represents a view of a portion of the standard asformed for the reception of the metallic casting, and Fig. 8 representsa perspective view of the modified form of plowshare detached.

The letter A indicates the plow-beam, which is of the ordinaryconstruction, and is provided with the usual clevis and handles B. Thesaid beam is slotted vertically at G, and is provided on its upper andlower faces with metallic plates bolted thereon and having the slots Dand E. The lower plate around the slot is provided with a boss, F, onits under side, through which passes a bolt, G, to which the upper partof the plow-standard H is pivoted, the upper end of the said standardextending through the slot in the beam, in which it is adapted to moveon its pivots in order that it may be adjusted to vary the working angleof the plow share. Such adjustment is effected by means of the wedges KL, one of which is toothed at one edge and adapted to be adjusted uponthe edge at the slot of the upper metallic plate, so that the stock maybe firmly fastened at any desired angle by means of the plain wedge, asplainly indicated in the drawings.

The lower end of the plow-standard is curved forward, and is providedwith an upward projection, M, adapted to set in an aperture, N, in theplowshare when the said share is properly mounted.

The letter F indicates a bent metal support embracing the standard H atR and S, being riveted to said standards at those points.

The plowshare is sharpened at each. end, and turns as on a pivot on theprojection M, and is provided with apertures Y for the bolt Z, by meansof which it can be clamped with either end forward upon the support I.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5,. 6, 7,

and 8 of the drawings a metallic oastin g, A, is represented attached tothe standard at B by means of rivets or bolts. The said casting isprovided with a socket, O, for the end of the standard, and with a lug,D, to which the plowshare is bolted'or riveted.

Having thus fully described my invention,-

what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a plow, the plow-standard H, bent forward and upward at its foot, andprovided with the projection M, in combination with the bent support P,embracing the standard H, as shown, and riveted thereto at-R and S, andthe plowshare W, perforated at Nand Y, and the bolt and nut Z,constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. TURNER.

Witnesses: I

LUGIUS H. FEATHERSTONE, URIAH B. WILKINSON.

